[11] The Greek may be explained as if the Apostle had meant to write, echaristhn to uper Christou paschein, and then freely inserted the antecedent fact of to pioieuein.
[12] Echontes: the nominative participle takes us back grammatically to the construction previous to the sentences beginning hêtis eotin k.t.a.; which sentences may be treated as a parenthesis. I have attempted to convey this in a paraphrase.
[13] Adieux, ed. 1857, pp. 10-12.
[14] From the writer's volume of verse, In the House of the Pilgrimage.
"Lord, we expect to suffer here,
Nor would we dare repine;
But give us still to find Thee near,
And own us still for Thine.
"Let us enjoy, and highly prize,
These tokens of Thy love,
Till Thou shalt bid our spirits rise
To worship Thee above."
NEWTON.
UNITY IN SELF-FORGETFULNESS: THE EXAMPLE OF THE LORD
"Our glorious Leader claims our praise
For His own pattern giv'n;
While the long cloud of witnesses
Shew the same path to heav'n."
WATTS.